April 10, 2012 1:19am EDTApril 9, 2012 2:39pm EDTDespite promises to keep it together, we saw another round of tantrums from Tiger Woods at the Masters. Time for the PGA Tour to take action and, more important, let everyone know.

The NFL and PGA Tour will notify players of disciplinary action in the next few days. Tiger Woods is praying the letters don’t get mixed up in the mail.

If he worked for the NFL, Woods might regret his actions. But Tiger earns a living on the golf tour.

It sort of believes in discipline. It just doesn’t want the world to know about it.

Unlike the NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR and just about every other sport, the PGA Tour keeps all fines and suspensions secret. That takes away a vital weapon in the never-ending battle to make Tiger adhere to golf’s behavioral standards.

Fines certainly don’t bother him. The PGA Tour doesn’t have jurisdiction over the majors, which are the only tournaments Woods really cares about. That leaves what?

Public shaming.

Woods has had plenty of that the past two years. But he still cares about what’s left of his image. If the PGA slapped him down publicly, he might think twice before acting out.

That became something of an issue again at the Masters. In case you had your earplugs in, Woods let at least two “G—D-----s” fly during the second round.

He twice flung clubs in disgust. The second time, he also kicked his 9-iron. Tiger’s response was revealing.

“I certainly heard that people didn’t like me kicking the club,” he said. “But I didn’t like it, either. I hit it right in the bunker. Didn’t feel good on my toe, either.”

He didn’t want to throw a snit, you see. But that darned 9-iron made him because it hit a shot in the bunker. And then it had the gall to hurt his tootsie when he kicked it.

Self-absorption like that comes from years of being spoiled. Though Tiger did issue one of those “I’m sorry if anyone was offended,” non-apology apologies.

He was so sorry that he went out the next day and threw a club on the 13th hole.

We realize such behavior is tame by New Orleans Saints standards. But professional golfers are expected to comport themselves as ladies and gentlemen, not Gregg Williams.

That’s especially true at the Masters. As fate would have it, Tiger’s worst tantrum happened on the 16th tee. Augusta National honors its greats with landmarks like the Hogan Bridge and Eisenhower tree.

In 1998, it put a plaque near the 16th hole, where Woods’ idol made so many memories. It reads in part:

“Jack Nicklaus elevated his game to meet golf challenges, including those at The Masters.”

He did it without stomping or cursing or kicking a club. So please, don’t pull the Sean Payton defense and say everybody slams and swears.

No doubt, Tiger has more microphones and cameras scrutinizing him. But when was the last time you saw Phil Mickelson or Vijay Singh or Rory McIlroy melt down like a 5-year-old?

It almost never happens. But when it does, the PGA likes to bury the evidence.

John Daly was the John Dillinger of the tour. In 2008, he admitted to being suspended for six months. The PGA Tour still wouldn’t acknowledge that Daly was even investigated.

Commissioner Tim Finchem thinks announcing such things might hurt the sport’s image. Nobody cares more about golf more than the Royal and Ancient, which is the sport’s ruling body everywhere except the U.S. and Mexico. When a player breaks the rules, the R&A wants people to know.

“Keeping these things in the public domain has a lot of benefit in keeping our standards of behavior high,” CEO Peter Dawson said.

Imagine if Finchem ran the NFL. Payton would be missing from the sideline for 16 games next season, and the league would pretend nothing is amiss.

Woods used to joke privately that he was the most-fined player in the sport. In the depths of his tabloid days, he also apologized to everybody and vowed to approach the game with more dignity and respect.

Somebody please tell that to his 9-iron.

The current measures of behavior modification obviously aren’t working. If the tour really wanted to help its image, it would suspend its cash cow for a couple of tournaments. Then it would announce to the world why Woods is not playing.

Maybe, just maybe, that would make him reflect on more than his stubbed toe. He might even think about getting his own plaque at Augusta National one day, and what the appropriate words would be.